Post by OMFG SARA ?! on Jun 28, 2009 23:30:30 GMT -5
the rules
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every site has rules, you know. role plays can't be good role plays without rules! i know not everyone likes them, but hey, it makes for fun role playing.
general rules
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all right, so, first rule is, respect everyone. whether they are staff, member, or guest, you must respect them. show them respect, you get respect. it's only nice and fair. another rule we have is, do not spam the boards. we are not a general discussion board, so no useless posts, no posting gin someone else's role play thread to tell them to reply in your thread, or something like that. it's just annoying, you know? all right, so cursing outside of role play boards should be kept to a minimum. we have members that are 13, and we don't want people to be shouting out the word 'fuck' every five minutes. okay, going on with that 13 years old thing, or not really... racism, sexism, none of those will be tolerated on this board. in role play, yes, it happens, but none of that towards your fellow role players. that is just extremely rude and hurtful. also, no nudity or pornography on the site. oh, by the way, no flaming other members. which means, no hate messages or anything like that. we do not want arguments on the site that can ruin the friendly atmosphere. if you need to deal with something, take it to PMs or instant messenger, or PM a staff member. oh, this is the final rule for this part; you must be thirteen years of age or older to be a part of this. we are a mature board, meaning, yes, sex, drugs, and rock & roll, baby. well, no, but yes, drinking, sex, drugs, all these things will happen. you agree to this when you join, because of the Proboards TOS, so please do not make us delete you if you are underage for joining the forum.
roleplay rules
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all right, so we have a posting limit. at least two paragraphs, 500 words. honestly, it's not that hard. Microsoft word helps you count your words that you type, and if you do not have Microsoft word, then we have a word counter in the side bar. there is no reason that you should not be able to post 500 words. oh, we would also really love if you guys used size 1 or 0 font size. it's not really mandatory, but it would really be nice, because it just looks neater, you know? oh, by the way, when you role play, it has to be in third person, past tense. in the biographies, first person is more than loved, because it is an interview format, but role play posts must be third person past tense. oh, speaking on posts, please make sure your grammar and spelling is correct. i mean, a mistake here or there, yeah, that's cool, but we don't want like, text speak on here, right? hello, can you understand this? 'she walked down 2 the gym n decided 2 listen 2 hurr musik.' i mean, sure, that's decent, but hell, that's just annoying to read!
oh, doubing posting isn't allowed in role play threads. i mean, if you do it by accident, fine. delete it, no big deal. but, you know, why would you want to role play with yourself, you know? oh, no God-modding. don't know what that means? basically, no controlling other characters thought. i mean, you're not psychic, how the hell are you going to know what someone else is going to do. if the other role player lets you do something for their character, that's fine. but no controlling another character in any other circumstances. all right, moving on! if your character wants to commit suicide, or has sex, and you want your character to be pregnant or something like that, then please ask an admin before deciding. we will be reasonable, so please don't be afraid to ask us. oh, and by the way, with sex, please do the typical 'black out' they do in movies? i mean, none of us really want to read your characters getting their freak on, you know? i mean, if you guys want to role play all that up, then, you know, go for it? but give us a rating in the title so we know so we don't like.. you know, read it and be like 'yo, wtf?!' kay? thanks, bye!
all right, two last rules for this section; face claims must all be real people. celebrities, musicians, whatever. no anime or cartoon faces, please. we are a real life role play. myspace people will be accepted, to a limit. i mean, we don't want you to use yourself or anything, got it? you don't know who's out in cyber land nowadays. if they are a myspace model or something, it's fine, i guess. just make sure to tell us beforehand, okay? it just helps us. oh, last, last thing! no mary sues or gary stews? what the hell does that mean? no perfect characters! everyone has flaws, got it? if your profile is even hinted at being perfect, then you will be asked to change the biography. not everyone is a blond haired blue eyes cheerleader with a perfect life that gets a sports car, yet at the same time donates money and crap like that and never got into anything bad in her life. that's just not that realistic, okay?
other rules
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all right. graphics talk! everyone should have a signature and avatar for their characters, with your character's face claim. if you cannot make graphics yourself, then ask someone to make some for you? or go to caution's icon list and see if your pb has graphics up there. by the way, you must rehost and credit those graphics on there. even if they say it's not necessary, it's at least nice to do for those people, you know? besides, a lot of us are members of caution, so we can figure out if you don't do this or not, and believe us when you say you'll be sorry. some of those people are scary, you know! all right; avatars can be up to 150x200 without looking too big or anything. 100x100 is still fine and dandy, all right? okay, moving on out of graphics land. advertising; not allowed ANYWHERE but the advertising board, got it? not in any other boards, not in the cbox, nothing. your profile, fine. oh, okay. so, signatures cannot be bigger than 550x300. we have a code set in, got it? that means all the images that are bigger than that? yeah, they get resized, and sure, it's not bad, but ugly text shows up above it, and it makes it not pretty, so don't let it happen? all right; activity is key. we know you don't live on the computer and stuff, but getting on two/three times a week and posting would be nice. posting in something other than the games, okay? oh, and activity checks? yeah, we have them. if you don't post in them, we'll end up deleting you, and then you'll have to re-register and everything, and that's not that great. and no, we won't just move your bio back and stuff, okay?
now, we know this looks like a lot, but it's not. just try? we want you to have fun, which is the biggest rule here. =]